Bad Opportunity - Strategic Account Executive Celonis Employee Review

1.0
Feb 16, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good product in theory, benefits like WFH and unlimited PTO used to be good.

Cons

Poor leadership, huge GTM layoffs in August '23 and February '24. Poor financials in North America and non-existent transparency around financials. Long sales cycle of 12-18 months, but change territories every 6 months. We've been "going public in ~2 years" for as long as anyone can remember. Keep looking...

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Celonis Response
2y
Hi - thank you for sharing your feedback about your experience as a Strategic Account Executive at Celonis. We appreciate your insights and your dedication during your time with us in New York. We understand your concerns regarding leadership, recent layoffs, and transparency around financials. Your feedback is crucial for us and we’d like to address some of your concerns here. Celonis helps companies across the globe and across all industries to identify inefficiencies they couldn't see before and to fix them to become more efficient in terms of bottom line, top line and green line. We apply the same approach to our own organization and are constantly looking into ways to be more efficient, and sometimes that means making difficult decisions in order to set the company up for long-term success. Our executive team doesn’t make these changes lightly and does so with the utmost care possible to make Celonis a stronger company, a company focused on creating value for customers and services focused on world-class delivery. Transparency is essential to us, and we apologize if there has been a lack of communication. We are committed to improving transparency and communication channels to ensure that our employees are informed about the company's strategic direction. Our bi-weekly global huddles with our executive leadership team and bi-weekly all-company newsletter are some key initiatives we have to develop open and transparent communications with our employees. We would therefore encourage you to speak with your manager, HRBP, or contact us at Talent@Celonis.com if you would like to discuss anything further. You also have the opportunity to provide feedback directly to individuals via CeloVate, anonymously for any ethics or compliance issues via our Ethics Hotline, and of course to continue to contribute our engagement surveys. Thank you for your contributions during your time at Celonis. Team Celonis

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Pros

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Cons

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Celonis Response
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2.0
Jun 28, 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Unlimited PTO and smart people, who unfortunately are leaving.

Cons

Sales and technical teams are not always set up to succeed together, which creates unnecessary pressure on technical teams and contributes to burnout. There is a strong focus on growth, but employee retention does not receive the same attention. Compensation is not always competitive, and career advancement processes can feel inconsistent depending on the opportunities available to you. All approvals run up to founder level.

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Celonis Response
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Hello Celonaut, Thank you for sharing your candid perspective with us. We take feedback regarding burnout seriously, as maintaining a sustainable environment is critical to keeping our talented people energized and engaged. We are also continuously working to refine our internal development processes and review structures to make career progression more transparent and consistent. If you are open to sharing more, we would highly value a deeper conversation regarding your specific experiences with cross-functional alignment or internal approval workflows. Please feel free to reach out directly to the People & Culture team Regards People & Culture Team
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